Forwarded from Pavel Durov
In other – more personal – news, I’ve turned 33 today.
Earlier I shared some info about how I stay healthy and productive. In short, there are 7 things I never do:
1) Alcohol
2) Meat (fish is OK though)
3) Any kinds of pills and meds (unless I’m at a dentist’s)
4) Nicotine and other addictive drugs.
5) Coffee, black and green tea, energy drinks (I drink herbal teas instead).
6) Fast food, sugar, carbonated soft drinks.
7) TV and its alternatives.
At certain points in life, I realized these things decrease productivity and clarity of thought. So I’ve been living without them for many years now and in general have been feeling great and healthy.
Disclaimer: I do not recommend folks with permanent health issues to stop taking medication. While I’m happy with my habits and lifestyle, I’ve no idea whether the same would work for you. I guess it should, provided you’re young and healthy. But if you’re young and healthy, there are good chances that having fun is more important for you than increasing your productivity, so you may safely ignore these tips. However, if you enjoy building stuff more than consuming it, you might benefit from abstaining from these 7 items above.
Earlier I shared some info about how I stay healthy and productive. In short, there are 7 things I never do:
1) Alcohol
2) Meat (fish is OK though)
3) Any kinds of pills and meds (unless I’m at a dentist’s)
4) Nicotine and other addictive drugs.
5) Coffee, black and green tea, energy drinks (I drink herbal teas instead).
6) Fast food, sugar, carbonated soft drinks.
7) TV and its alternatives.
At certain points in life, I realized these things decrease productivity and clarity of thought. So I’ve been living without them for many years now and in general have been feeling great and healthy.
Disclaimer: I do not recommend folks with permanent health issues to stop taking medication. While I’m happy with my habits and lifestyle, I’ve no idea whether the same would work for you. I guess it should, provided you’re young and healthy. But if you’re young and healthy, there are good chances that having fun is more important for you than increasing your productivity, so you may safely ignore these tips. However, if you enjoy building stuff more than consuming it, you might benefit from abstaining from these 7 items above.
Congrats to Pavel 🎉 ! Funny thing it's Pavel's birthday, but it's telegrams users who get the presents in form of awesome telegram updates. I enjoyed the post I shared above about healthy lifestyle he's been leading. Healthy body - healthy mind ! 💪🏽.
I have seen countless interviews of Zuckerberg, Gates, Musk etc, but I'm convinced that world is missing some wisdom words from Durov. I have thought about this many times and I guess I'm ready to spill it, I would really love to do the interview of Pavel
⬛️ Hey folks ! I have been watching Tim Ferris a lot lately. Started reading Tools of Titans and this is something. He summarized in that book thousands of interviews with what many would call successful people. Tim has an obsession with quick learning by recognizing patterns in human habits or way of thinking. And those patterns can be replicated, what Tim had tested out on himself( that's why he calls himself a human guinea pig*). So I'd like you to check out another great podcast talk by Tim and if u got time, I suggest you to read his Tools of Titans.
https://youtu.be/Pb1CLV0SGG8
https://youtu.be/Pb1CLV0SGG8
⬛ Hi folks ! The last quote i've posted was an introduction for the next TALK, which will be given by a brilliant JP Sears. I had been introduced to him by my brother and since then i've been an loyal subscriber of his witty channel.
JP has an amazing talent for sarcasm and I love the way he takes on every human problem and destroys it with ruthless sarcasm. You can apply all kinds of logic, meditations, affirmations and all other useful tools on a problem, but no of them can belittle the problem the way humor does.
The topic JP talks about is weirdness, in other word you can call it a uniqueness. Social polish sometimes makes us lose our identities our uniqueness and JP is trying to help us understand ourselfs a little better and embrace our weirdness 😜👹
Cheers, folks !
https://youtu.be/79zra755WgA
JP has an amazing talent for sarcasm and I love the way he takes on every human problem and destroys it with ruthless sarcasm. You can apply all kinds of logic, meditations, affirmations and all other useful tools on a problem, but no of them can belittle the problem the way humor does.
The topic JP talks about is weirdness, in other word you can call it a uniqueness. Social polish sometimes makes us lose our identities our uniqueness and JP is trying to help us understand ourselfs a little better and embrace our weirdness 😜👹
Cheers, folks !
https://youtu.be/79zra755WgA
YouTube
Saying YES! to your Weirdness | JP Sears | TEDxCardiffbytheSea
Learn why people tend to reactively treat their weirdness as a dangerous liability. Perspectives will be shared on how weirdness is actually one’s greatest asset, serving as a bridge into one’s authenticity. How to take action on finding the courage to…
Hi Folks! I realize that some of subscribers are actually reading @TALKS for language practice. So what's your level of english language ?
anonymous poll
I speak English very well and understand slang (around IELTS 6-7 lvl ) – 123
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
I can converse in English, but i have to translate words from my native language in my head – 75
👍👍👍👍 27%
I have basic English skills, have to use dictionary 📖 – 44
👍👍👍 16%
I'm native speaker – 31
👍👍 11%
I don't speak English at all 🚫 – 9
👍 3%
👥 282 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
I speak English very well and understand slang (around IELTS 6-7 lvl ) – 123
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
I can converse in English, but i have to translate words from my native language in my head – 75
👍👍👍👍 27%
I have basic English skills, have to use dictionary 📖 – 44
👍👍👍 16%
I'm native speaker – 31
👍👍 11%
I don't speak English at all 🚫 – 9
👍 3%
👥 282 people voted so far.
◼ Hey folks! First of all I'd like to THANK YOU all for sticking to this channel, reading my thoughts and for your Inspiring feedback! Happy Thanksgiving folks! 🎊
It looks like majority of channel subscribers understand english quite well. We even got some native speakers 🇬🇧! I'm not a native speaker, but I lived in English speaking country for long time and studied in British university, so You can put me into this channel's majority group. However Please forgive me typos or any other mistakes i might make in my writing, which only proves that @talks is an authors channel 😉
Now that we established the understanding between each other. Lets get into deeper waters... the science waters. I have been re-watching several times this film with fascinating interview of Richard Feynman, which was shot in 1983 !😮Richard had this amazing gift of explaining very complex theories and laws of physics in an extremely easy and visual way. You don't have to be a physics major to understand what he talks about.
My favorite part of the film when he talks about motion of particles and uses Fire as an example. It really blew my mind when I watched it the first time! So I'm going to share with you this part of the interview here and if you want to watch the whole film you can find the link in our @talkschat .
https://youtu.be/N1pIYI5JQLE
It looks like majority of channel subscribers understand english quite well. We even got some native speakers 🇬🇧! I'm not a native speaker, but I lived in English speaking country for long time and studied in British university, so You can put me into this channel's majority group. However Please forgive me typos or any other mistakes i might make in my writing, which only proves that @talks is an authors channel 😉
Now that we established the understanding between each other. Lets get into deeper waters... the science waters. I have been re-watching several times this film with fascinating interview of Richard Feynman, which was shot in 1983 !😮Richard had this amazing gift of explaining very complex theories and laws of physics in an extremely easy and visual way. You don't have to be a physics major to understand what he talks about.
My favorite part of the film when he talks about motion of particles and uses Fire as an example. It really blew my mind when I watched it the first time! So I'm going to share with you this part of the interview here and if you want to watch the whole film you can find the link in our @talkschat .
https://youtu.be/N1pIYI5JQLE
YouTube
Richard Feynman Fire
Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the super fluidity of super cooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics…
In the depth of your existential terror, the wisdom to cope with that terror will be found. 👹
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